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This interview was originally published on January 17, 2024 in Death Penalty Focus’s January newsletter.  In a phone interview from the 48-square-foot cell on San Quentin’s death row, where he has lived since he was sentenced to death in 1985, Kevin Cooper pointed out that this is the second time […]

ABA President, Mary Smith, urges Governor Newsom to order “additional investigation, specifically as it relates to law enforcement records” that were never obtained by the Special Counsel assigned by the Governor to investigate Mr. Cooper’s claims of innocence. Read the San Francisco Chronicle’s reporting here: ABA says Kevin Cooper prosecutors withheld […]

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Geri Silva interviewed Kevin Cooper and Jane Dorotik on her radio show, Think Outside the Cage on December 10, 2023. You can listen to the interview by going to KPFK archives https://www.kpfk.org/archives/ and selecting Think Outside the Cage and then clicking play on the December 10th episode.

Innocence claim experts who run the San Francisco Innocence Commission, conclude that a state-commissioned report to investigate Kevin Cooper’s case is deeply flawed. Read the Op Ed in the Chronicle here: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/kevin-cooper-murder-case-18447404.php

Kevin’s legal team at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP responds to the Special Counsel’s Innocence Investigation and asks the Governor to reject the report. Click below to view the rebuttal.  Signed Rebuttal Memo to Special Counsel Report Read Kevin’s response here: Kevin Cooper letter to supporters October 2023.docx (1)

Cooper statement.pdf